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† mordicative, a. Obs.
[ad. late L. mordicātīv-us, f. mordicāre: see mordicate and -ive.]
Biting or stinging, sharp, pungent.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 944 Whereas the conceits and jests of Aristophanes are bitter and sharpe withall, carrying with them a mordicative qualitie which [etc.]. Ibid. 1187 That the aire in the citie of Delphos was..mordicative, as witnesseth the speedie concoction of meat that it causeth. Ibid. Explan. Words, Mordicatiue, that is to say, Biting and stinging: as mustard seed, Pelletary of Spaine. 1634R. H. Salernes Regim. 45 The cause why this fume is mordicative is by reason that the wine that it commeth of, is mordicative. |